Earlier this year, talks were revived for a proposed bridge between the two countries following a state visit to Egypt by Saudi’s King Salman.
Daily Archives: 19. August 2016
Turkish Airlines inaugurates its direct Erbil, Iraq flights which will be operated from and to Gaziantep Airport
Beginning from August 5th, roundtrip flights between Gaziantep and Erbil will be operated 2 times per week in both directions.
Deutsches Kriegs-Know-how
Gleichzeitig zeigt sich Berlin gänzlich unempfindlich gegenüber Berichten, in denen die kurdische Regionalregierung im Nordirak schwerer Menschenrechtsverletzungen beschuldigt wird; in Rede stehen unter anderem die Misshandlung gefangener Kämpfer des IS/Daesh und der Betrieb von Foltergefängnissen. Auf entsprechende parlamentarische Anfragen erklärt die Bundesregierung ausweichend, ihr lägen hierzu „keine Informationen“ vor. Passend dazu weigert sich Berlin, Angehörige des IS völkerrechtlich als Kombattanten anzuerkennen; wörtlich heißt es: „Der Kriegsgefangenenstatus, wie er im III. Genfer Abkommen über die Behandlung der Kriegsgefangenen vom 12. August 1949 für den internationalen bewaffneten Konflikt normiert wird, findet in dem in der Region Kurdistan-Irak bestehenden nichtinternationalen bewaffneten Konflikt keine Anwendung.“
Massaker ohne Folgen
Ungeachtet der Berichte von neuen Massakern der äthiopischen Repressionskräfte an bis zu 100 Demonstranten setzt die Bundesregierung ihre enge Kooperation mit Äthiopien fort. Wie Menschenrechtsorganisationen am Wochenende bestätigten, haben Polizei und Militär des Landes in den Tagen zuvor bei der blutigen Niederschlagung von Protesten die Zahl der äthiopischen Oppositionellen, die seit Ende 2015 bei Demonstrationen getötet wurden, auf rund 500 erhöht. Proteste aus Berlin, das international gern als Kämpfer für Menschenrechte posiert, sind nicht bekannt. Hintergrund ist die Bereitschaft der äthiopischen Regierung, sich für die Realisierung deutscher Interessen in Ostafrika zur Verfügung zu stellen. Äthiopien, dessen Streitkräfte als die stärksten in Afrika südlich der Sahara gelten, hilft Berlin bei Ordnungsmaßnahmen am Horn von Afrika, vor dessen Küste der zentrale Seeweg aus Asien nach Europa entlangführt. Das Land stellt mehr als 8.000 Militärs für Auslandseinsätze zur Verfügung, vor allem in Somalia. Dafür erhält es umfangreiche Entwicklungshilfe aus der Bundesrepublik – und wird seit mehr als zehn Jahren von jeglicher Kritik an schweren Menschenrechtsverletzungen im Inland freigestellt. Kürzlich hat sogar die „Core Group“ der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz in Addis Abeba getagt.
US Air Force Launches 2 Military Surveillance Satellites
The third and fourth satellites in the military‘s Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) lifted off atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium rocket at 12:52 a.m. EDT (0452 GMT) Friday (Aug. 19) from Florida‘s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Merkel sees no end to EU sanctions against Russia
There is no reason to lift the European Union‘s sanctions against Russia as Moscow has not fulfilled all of its commitments under an international peace plan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview published on Friday.
Missile ships Zeliony Dol and Serpukhov performed launches of Kalibr cruise missiles against facilities of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist grouping in Syria
Today at 10:55 in the morning, the Zeliony Dol and Serpukhov small-sized missile ships of the Black Sea Fleet during the combat maneuvering performed 3 launches of cruise missiles Kalibr from fire positions in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea against facilities of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist grouping in Syria.
As a result, a command centre and a terrorist base near the Dar-Taaza inhabited area as well as a plant manufacturing mortar munitions and a large depot with armament were destroyed in the Aleppo province.
The objective monitoring data confirmed the elimination of the planned targets.
For the security of civilians, the flight path of the cruise missiles was planned over uninhabited territories.
Test von Quantenkommunikation: Auf dem Weg zum absolut sicheren Internet
Forscher aus China und Österreich haben gemeinsam einen Satelliten ins Orbit geschickt, der erstmals Quanteninformationen über 1.000 Kilometer an die Erde senden soll. Gelingt das, wäre ein großer Schritt hin zum abhörsicheren Internet getan.
Encryption for law firms
Enter encryption. Applicable to everything from cloud applications to internet browsers to local hard drive to e-mail, encryption is a form of cryptography that is able to scramble and unscramble data via the use of an algorithm. Here’s how to use it.
How To Easily Encrypt Files On Mac
The process of encrypting files is easy, and I’ll to show you step-by-step how to do it.
Android 7.0: Die Verteilung soll bereits in wenigen Tagen anlaufen
Am 22. August, also dem nächsten Montag, soll Android 7.0 an die ersten Geräte verteilt werden.
Android 7.0 Nougat – 5 Security Improvements the New OS Brings
With the release of Android 7.0 Nougat seemingly approaching, Google took time to share some of the security-related improvements that the OS is set to bring to the Android ecosystem.
An update on our efforts to combat violent extremism
While our work is not done, today we are announcing that we have suspended an additional 235,000 accounts for violating our policies related to promotion of terrorism in the six months since our February 2016 post. This brings our overall number of suspensions to 360,000 since the middle of 2015. As noted by numerous third parties, our efforts continue to drive meaningful results, including a significant shift in this type of activity off of Twitter.
The death of the tablet – Q2 shipments show crisis in market
The tablet market is on the brink of total implosion, judging by the latest market figures, with only the laptop/tablet hybrid offering some respite, targeted particularly by the Wintel brigade (see separate item on HP).
Global tablet shipments in Q2 2016 came in at 38.7m units, down 12.3% from 44.1m units in the same period last year, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. This is the seventh consecutive quarter or decline.
Gartner Says Five of Top 10 Worldwide Mobile Phone Vendors Increased Sales in Second Quarter of 2016
„Demand for premium smartphones slowed in the second quarter of 2016 as consumers wait for new hardware launches in the second half of the year,“ said Anshul Gupta, research director at Gartner. In addition, the decline in sales of „feature phones“ (down 14 per cent) bolstered the decline in overall sales of mobile phones in the second quarter of 2016 (see Table 1).
Actor says he impersonated Russian mercenary in Syria for Sky News report
(19.8.2016) “They said we have this information. You simply need to prepare yourself based on that information and make out you were in the military in Syria in a service of a private company,” Agapov told RT.
In the interview, Agapov said he had been told by the clip would be part of a movie. However after getting suspicious Agapov decided to record a conversation with Sparks that supposedly took place in a Moscow hotel. The recording was initially passed to NTV.
„Russischer Söldner“ aus Sky-Doku zu Syrien in Wirklichkeit professioneller Schauspieler
(11.8.2016) Laut dem Sender bekam Agapow etwa 1.400 Euro für seinen Auftritt. Ein ähnlicher Fall beim ZDF hatte bereits im Dezember 2015 für Aufruhr gesorgt.
Zu dem „Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons“-Ding vorhin: Das ging zurück auf Recherchen von Mother Jones.
Und was haben sie daran verdient?
„Conservatively, our prison story cost roughly $350,000. The banner ads that appeared in it brought in $5,000, give or take.“
US-Regierung will private Gefängnisse abschaffen
Die Insassen der Bundesgefängnisse machen nur einen kleinen Teil der gesamten US-Häftlinge aus. Derzeit sitzen nach Angaben der Prison Population Initiative landesweit 1,6 Millionen Menschen ein. Damit sitzt jeder vierte Häftling weltweit in einem US-Gefängnis.
Trump Pulls Very Close To Clinton In Latest Poll
The Donald Trump campaign finally received some good news on the polling front on Thursday, with the USC Dornsife/LA Times daily tracker showing him polling within one point.
According to the poll, Hillary Clinton garners 44 percent support nationwide to Trump’s 43.4 percent.
Rasmussen Poll: Hillary Leads Trump by 2 Points
The New Jersey-based polling company‘s national telephone and online White House Watch survey of 1,000 likely U.S. voters shows:
– Clinton (Democrat): 41 percent
– Trump (Republican): 39 percent
– Gary Johnson (Libertarian) 9 percent
– Jill Stein (Green Party): 3 percent
– Other candidates: 3 percent
– Undecided: 5 percent
National Pew poll: Clinton leads Trump by 4
Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump is 4 points nationwide, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Thursday that also includes Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
Turkey takes aim at bank inspectors and financing in latest purge
Turkish authorities detained dozens of bank inspectors and academics on Friday and the government vowed to cut off financing to companies suspected of having ties to last month‘s failed coup.
IMF is concerned about aging population in Europe that insists on working & living…
The International Monetary Fund is concerned about the Europeans who insist on living instead of set sail and go meet their creator – thus relief the pensions funds and the public health care system. The population in Europe is aging and this is going to create havoc in economy and a sharp productivity slowdown.
According to new research from four staff members at the International Monetary Fund:
With Republicans Backing Away From TPP, Does It Still Have Any Chance?
We‘ve pointed out before how topsy turvy things have become with the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement lately, and it seems to be getting even more weird, but not for any good reason. As we‘ve pointed out dozens of times now, actual free trade is a good thing for the world — but the TPP agreement has very, very little to do with free trade. There are certainly some good things in the TPP when it comes to trade, including some stuff on helping protect the free flow of information on the internet, but it is significantly outweighed by numerous problems with the agreement that seem to have little to do with actual free trade and plenty to do with certain industries putting in place protectionist/mercantilist programs that are, in many ways, the opposite of free trade.
Iran, Turkey add Iraq to their field of joint anti-terrorism fight
Iran and Turkey, after having pledged cooperation to fight the critical situations in Syria, are likely to broaden their scope of cooperation into Iraq.
Salim al-Jabouri, speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, will visit Tehran Aug. 20, IRNA news agency quoted from a statement by the Iraqi parliament Aug. 19.
But after the Tehran trip, al-Jabouri is also going to visit Turkey. The news comes as Iran and Turkey have started to boost their ties over the Syrian crisis.
Turkey recently announced intention to work with Iran and Russia to fight terrorism in Syria. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Ankara Aug. 12 and Tehran will be host to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Aug. 24.
BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB – – The Hydra MIX
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Drumcode: Various Artists – A-Sides Volume 5 – Drumcode – DC159
Adam Beyer’s Drumcode juggernaut attracts more fans and critical plaudits with each passing year. Holding firm on its future facing ethos, techno’s number one label presents a new volume in its acclaimed A-Sides series with 20 prime tracks to signify its 20th anniversary.
Being black and Jewish: Ethiopians bear the brunt of Israeli state racism
The idea that we have an external enemy has injected fear into the public consciousness that has constrained Jewish citizens from real protest, because everything else – economy, health care or other civic issues that every normal society confronts – shrinks into insignificance in comparison to the supposed security threat.
Mauritanian anti-slavery activists jailed for up to 15 years
Thirteen anti-slavery activists in Mauritania were sentenced to between three and 15 years in prison on Thursday, despite criticism of the case against them by international rights groups.
A court in the capital Nouakchott found the 13 – all members of a group fighting hereditary slavery in the west African country – guilty of „use of violence“. But Amnesty International has said they were falsely accused because of their advocacy work.
Steinmeier gegen de Maizière: Woher kommen die Risse in der Türkei-Politik? – Tagesspiegel
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Konflikt mit der Türkei: Bundesregierung plant für mögliches Scheitern des Flüchtlingsdeals
Das geht aus einem internen Positionspapier des Bundesfinanzministeriums hervor, das dem SPIEGEL vorliegt.
Die Finanzfachleute fühlen sich zuständig, weil mit der Flüchtlingskrise auch Kosten für den Bundeshaushalt verbunden sind.
Visafreiheit für Türkei ausgeschlossen – EU hat neue „Ausrede“
Die Bundesregierung zweifelt nun aus technischen Gründen an der Abschaffung der Visumpflicht für die Türkei bis Oktober, wie die „Bild“-Zeitung unter Berufung auf eine Antwort der Bundesregierung auf eine Linken-Anfrage im Bundestag schreibt.
Turkish FM makes surprise visit to Iran
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu made a surprise visit to Iran on Aug. 18, while en route to India for a scheduled official visit, private broadcaster CNNTürk reported on Aug. 19.
Çavuşoğlu’s unannounced stop in neighboring Iran on Aug. 18 came after reports that he was planning to visit following Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s trip to Ankara.
„Westen benutzt ‚Jungen von Aleppo‘“: Moskau dementiert Angriff auf Wohnviertel
Nach Angaben des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums stellen Offiziere des russischen Versöhnungszentrums in Aleppo täglich fest, dass Terroristen mit selbstgebauten Raketenwerfern Straßen und Wohnhäuser nahe der humanitären Korridore angriffen. Dies solle Einwohner aus dem Osten Aleppos, die faktisch von den Terroristen als Geiseln genommen worden seien, daran hindern, medizinische und andere Hilfe zu erhalten.
‘It’s like we’re born with guns in our hands’: Young Israelis face prison as they resist military conscription
After a total of 155 days inside a cell and over the span of six separate stays in an Israeli military prison, 19-year-old Tair Kaminer was released in July as the longest serving female conscientious objector to the Israeli military service.
Tucked away on a side street off of Tel Aviv’s bustling roads, Tair sits in her family apartment with her 18-year-old friend, Omri Baranes, a fellow objector who served 67 days in Israeli military prison during three separate sentences.
Will Marwan Barghouti be the Palestinian Nelson Mandela?
(5.7.2016) Nearly a decade and a half after he began serving multiple life sentences for his role in the killings of the second intifada, Marwan Barghouti is still seen – among most Palestinians, many Israelis and world leaders – as the man who could lead his people to independence. Through a mediator, Barghouti tells Haaretz that he remains a staunch proponent of the two-state solution and that he intends to run for Palestinian president should elections be held.
Intifada mastermind Barghouti considering running for office
Arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti is considering challenging Mahmoud Abbas as PA chairman – from prison.
Four killed in Palestinian police arrest raid in West Bank
Palestinian security forces have arrested over 100 suspects in the past two months in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in a heightened effort to crack down on crime, Adnan al Damiri, a Palestinian security spokesman said.
Kuba setzt sich bei UN für atomwaffenfreie Welt ein
Bei der 68. UN-Vollversammlung hatte die Gemeinschaft lateinamerikanischer und karibischer Staaten (Celac) auf Initiative Kubas für die Vernichtung von Kernwaffen plädiert und sich für ein „universelles und verbindliches Rechtsmittel“ ausgesprochen, „das die Kernwaffen verbietet“. Bei ihrem zweiten Gipfeltreffen in Havanna im Januar 2014 erklärte sich die Celac zu einer „Friedenszone“. Damit verzichtet das Regionalbündnis auf die Nutzung von Atomwaffen und lehnt bei Konflikten jegliche militärische und politische Intervention von außen ab.
Erdogan to visit Tehran next week to launch Turkey-Iran-Russia coalition
Erdogan made a half-a-day trip to Russia after the recent coup in Turkey to meet and hold negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg. Their talks were mainly focused on finding a way to end the war in Syria while both countries have set up a joint commission to implement the results of their talks.
Vice President Joe Biden to Travel to Latvia, Turkey and Sweden
While in Ankara, the Vice President will meet with President Erdogan and Prime Minister Yildirim to discuss the U.S.-Turkey relationship and a range of issues of importance to both nations.
Turkish, Russian, Iranian trilateral coordination to be established on Syria
With U.S. Vice President Joe Biden‘s visit to Turkey on Aug. 24 described as the arbiter to the first meeting of the trilateral coordination group, Bogdanov is reportedly continuing his talks with some opposition groups in Syria until the first week of September. Since Russia, Iran and Turkey have all agreed to maintain Syria‘s territorial integrity, it is expected Russia will suggest a three-step plan.
Syrian Army makes strategic advance in Islamist stronghold
According to a military source in Damascus, the Syrian Armed Forces crossed the Darayya Railway and made their way to the church at the Christian District; this advance prompted the Islamist rebels to fire a barrage of mortar shells in an attempt to forestall their progress.
S. Korea Holds Largest Artillery Drills Near N. Korea Border
South Korea‘s army on Thursday conducted its largest-ever artillery drills near the tense border with North Korea, but there was no immediate military response from the North.
A total of 300 artillery systems deployed by dozens of military units along the border began firing shells simultaneously in multiple directions on Thursday afternoon, an army official said on condition of anonymity, citing department rules.
Syrian Army reinforcements pour into southern Aleppo for next offensive
These Republican Guard reinforcements are expected to help their comrades recapture the Aleppo Artillery Academy and 1070 Al-Hamdaniyah Housing Project in southern Aleppo.
According to local sources in Aleppo City, the Syrian Armed Forces are expected to make another push to recapture the Aleppo Artillery Academy in the next 72 hours; this would be their second major attempt seize this imperative military installation near Al-Ramouseh.
Turkish FM acknowledges Russia, Iran’s ‘crucial role’ in Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said achieving a lasting resolution of the crisis in Syria without Russia and Iran would be “impossible,” adding that Ankara would cooperate with both countries on the issue.
“We have repeatedly stated, even in the period of crisis in our relations, that it would be impossible to achieve a lasting resolution in Syria without Russia’s participation. We continue to insist on this. The same can be said about Iran, with which we are also negotiating at the moment,” Çavuşoğlu told Russia’s Sputnik website on Aug. 18.
Anschläge im Osten der Türkei: Erdoğan wirft Gülen vor, hinter den jüngsten Anschlägen zu stecken
Es gebe keinen Unterschied zwischen der Extremistenmiliz Islamischer Staat, den Gülen-Anhängern und der PKK, sagte Erdoğan. Die „terroristische Gülen-Gruppe“ habe die PKK mit Informationen und geheimdienstlichen Erkenntnissen versorgt.
Die Regierung hält den in den USA lebenden Prediger für den Drahtzieher des versuchten Militärputsches am 15. Juli.
Kurden attackieren syrische Armee – Tote Zivilisten durch Mörserbeschuss
(16.8.2016) Laut Berichten brachen die Kämpfe aus, nachdem kurdische Milizionäre einen Kontrollposten der Nationalen Verteidigungskräfte (NDF) mit einem RPG beschossen und einige Mitglieder verletzten.
Syrien: Kurden träumen nach Eroberung von Manbidsch von eigenem Staat Rojava – SPIEGEL ONLINE (Spiegel)
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